Opinion

I wanted to be a political science major when I was younger. After I became one, I couldn't change majors fast enough. I believe the smartest minds of my generation have done the same. Since college (about 10 years ago), I've established myself as a writer, a commentator, and an ethical voice within the political spectrum. If I'm putting politically-focused text on this screen, it's worth the effort it took me to write it. Maybe I provoke radical thought. Maybe I'm just writing about common sens [...]

So, yeah. My wife is stuck in the hospital until our second child comes into this world. She's been there for three weeks and has another week to go. You can read her thoughts on that here. After reading her post, and receiving a little extra encouragement from a great friend, I decided to write a companion post that emphasizes the good things I've seen since she's been away. It's easy to say that this sucks -- that it really screws up our plans -- but I've never been challenged more in life tha [...]

On the morning of January 2, 2016, I went to the hospital. I was 33 weeks pregnant and had some significant bleeding. The doctors determined I have a placental abruption, which means at least part of my placenta is beginning to detach. I didn’t realize the consequences of this at first, so I was hoping to be back home with my 14-month-old son in a few hours. However, the doctors informed me I would at least need to be there overnight. Overnight?! We have no family who lives in town to take care [...]

Apps aren't enough to make it great. That first sentence could be my entire post. I have no idea how Nilay Patel at The Verge could give this a 9/10. Christina Warren at Mashable called it "fantastic" and a "huge improvement". Was she using the same device I have in front of me today? My experience was the exact opposite of Nilay and Christina. Go ahead and call me a negative nancy, but too many long-standing issues remain for me to give this device a good rating. Unfortunately, there are so man [...]

I recently (and unnecessarily) sold my original iPad Air to help fund the purchase of an Air 2. I had read scant information on whether or not this was a wise financial move, so I made an unwise one. However, I stand by my decision, and I’ll tell you why. Firstly, there is still a compelling iPad-sized hole in my daily life. I love my MacBook Pro for heavy content creation (writing, recording, photo and video editing), and I love my iPhone for everything an iPhone is great at doing (taking photo [...]